When they entered,he lookedat Eliaband thought,"Surelythe LORD'Sanointedis beforeHim."
Jeroboamsaidin his heart,"Nowthe kingdomwill returnto the houseof David.
Ben-abinadab,[in] allthe heightof Dor(Taphaththe daughterof Solomonwas his wife);
and Jessebecamethe fatherof Eliabhis firstborn,then Abinadabthe second,Shimeathe third,
for Judah,Elihu,[one] of David'sbrothers;for Issachar,Omrithe sonof Michael;
"Yet, the LORD,the Godof Israel,choseme from allthe houseof my fatherto be kingoverIsraelforever.For He has chosenJudahto be a leader;and in the houseof Judah,my father'shouse,and among the sonsof my fatherHe tookpleasurein me to make[me] kingoverallIsrael.
Then Rehoboamtookas a wifeMahalaththe daughterof Jerimoththe sonof David[and of] Abihailthe daughterof Eliabthe sonof Jesse,
Beholdour shield,O God,And lookupon the faceof Your anointed.
Then he saidto Zebahand Zalmunna,"Whatkindof men[were] they whomyou killedat Tabor?"And they said,"They were likeyou, each oneresemblingthe sonof a king."
The threeoldersonsof Jessehad goneafterSaulto the battle.And the namesof his threesonswhowentto the battlewere Eliabthe firstborn,and the secondto him Abinadab,and the thirdShammah.
Then Davidlefthis baggagein the careof the baggagekeeper,and ranto the battlelineand enteredin order to greethis brothers.
